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Best K-12 EdTech Companies in Georgia, United States

The 83 best K-12 EdTech companies in Georgia, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vanco Payment Solutions.

83companies tracked
$149.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
16have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · K-12 EDTECH × GEORGIA

Our analysis of 50 K-12 EdTech companies

$1.5b in tracked funding; 100% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
100%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
2unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best K-12 EdTech companies in Georgia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Vanco Payment Solutions
Provider of payment processing and financial management software for organizations
$87M170 mo agoAcquired—2007HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21—4 job openings
2Sora Schools
Online high school for students
60Funding top 28%Tech top 29%Growth top 32%Moat top 39%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 28%
Techtop 29%
Growthtop 32%
Moattop 39%
Talentbottom 49%
Productbottom 48%
Marketbottom 43%
Globalbottom 32%
Funding: Raised $28.8M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr)
Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$29M6 mo agoSeries AGarrett Smiley
Co-Founder
2018DartFirebaseGoogle Sign-in+20——
3MapHabit
Provider of app and devices for disabled
$13M25 mo agoSeedStuart Zola
Co-Founder
2018Cart FunctionalityShopifyVimeo+258 patents
AI‑driven pharmaceutical therapies for memory impairment and related neurocognitive disorders
1 launch
4Authentica Solutions
Cloud based Integration and Data Management for Education
$6M24 mo agoAcquiredRussell Long
Chief Executive Officer
2013———
5Logical Choice Technologies
Smart classroom solutions for schools
$5M157 mo agoLate Stage—1994—15 patents
Interactive 3‑D educational cards and avatar‑driven learning interfaces
—
6Illuminate
Cloud-based integration platform for higher educational institutes
$3M96 mo agoSeedKiran Kodithala
Founder & CEO
2011———
7Choosing the Best
Provider of curricula designed to educate teens on healthy life choices
$2M212 mo agoFunding Raised—1993JoomlaPHPMooTools+8——
8OpenStudy
Free social networking platform for students and teachers
$1M216 mo agoAcqui-HiredPreetha Ram
Co-Founder & CEO
2008———
9Zyrobotic
Social robotic coach and smart toys
$1M109 mo agoFunding RaisedAyanna Howard
Founder & CTO
2013———
10Changemaker
Online platform for school fundraising, club, and organization support
$997K68 mo agoSeedChris Allen
Co-Founder & CEO
2017———
11Kloud-12
Provider of classroom recording and sharing solutions
$756K72 mo agoSeed—2016WordPressMySQLPHP+20——

Top 12 K-12 EdTech companies in Georgia

#1
Series A · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2018 · 57 employees
$28.8Mraised
▾

Online high school for students. It enables students to design a video game, engage in Socratic discussion and collaboration with industry mentors. It also enables students to collaborate with teachers and create their own curriculum for subjects such as Math, Science, English, and History.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%
Tech
top 29%
Growth
top 32%
Moat
top 39%
Talent
bottom 49%
Product
bottom 48%
Funding: Raised $28.8M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series A (Nov 2025)
Tech: 43 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Logrocket, Sentry
Growth: Headcount 39 → 57 (+46%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series A$1.5M
  • Mar 2024Series A$5.3M
  • Oct 2021Series A$20.8M
  • Oct 2020Seed$2.7M
Founders & team
Garrett SmileyCo-Founder
Investors
Union Square Ventures, Village Global, Rethink Capital Partners, Firebolt Ventures, Peak State Ventures, Contrary
Tech stack
AccessibeClickceaseCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-Js
#2
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2018 · 15 employees
$13.4Mraised
▾

MapHabit provides wearable devices with an app for people with mental disorders like Alzheimer's. It gives reminders and spoken commands. The app also has pictures, audio, & video.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 10.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2024Grant (prize money)$1.2M
  • Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$2.9M
  • May 2022Grant (prize money)$3M
  • Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$2.4M
Founders & team
Stuart ZolaCo-FounderMatt GoldenCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
ATDC, Georgia Research Alliance, NIA, HHS
Tech stack
Apple PayCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#3
Acquired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2013 · 33 employees
$6.2Mraised
▾

Authentica Solutions is a team of educators, engineers seeking to solve the data challenges in the education space removing the implementation challenges, specifically the data integration. Authentica's DataSense platform provides a way to share all of district’s purposeful data between software applications, from enterprise-scale student information systems to web apps. Also offers Centrifuge, an open data management platform that provides a common data store for master data management. Some of its customers include Infinite Campus, Skyward, Blackboard etc.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Series A$6.2M
  • Nov 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Russell LongChief Executive Officer
Investors
Owl Ventures, EduLab Capital Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpNginxBluehost
#4
Acquired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2007 · 257 employees
$87Mraised
▾

Provider of payment processing and financial management software for organizations. The company delivers solutions simplifying giving, payments, and financial administration. It offers tools for online giving, mobile applications, event management, and donor communication. The company provides resources for fundraising, recurring donations, and text giving. Its software integrates with various platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 30.4% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 7 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +5
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2012PE$80M
  • Oct 2010Conventional Debt—
  • Oct 2010Series A$2M
  • Nov 2009Series A$5M
Investors
Great Hill Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCallrailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsCrazy Egg
#5
Late Stage · Lawrenceville, Georgia · founded 1994 · 5 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Logical Choice Technologies provides an array of IT solutions for K12 schools. Products include interactive whiteboards, cloud-hosted network management systems and others. Also provides personalized learning software for specific topics including Letters alive, a supplemental reading program with a full year of curriculum aligned to common core state standards; Storybooks alive, the digital interactive storybooks; and Math alive, an application that helps teachers to teach math for early learners.

Funding rounds
  • May 2013PE$5M
Investors
Vert Capital
#6
Seed · Duluth, Georgia · founded 2011 · 20 employees
$3Mraised
▾

Illuminate offers cloud-based integration platform for higher educational institutes. Allows clients to create API's to share and access enterprise data securely on-premise and on the cloud. The iPaas platform enables to integrate and connect campus systems to student information systems, learning management systems, and single sign-on applications. Offered on a subscription-based licensing.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Seed$1.4M
  • May 2017Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Kiran KodithalaFounder & CEO
#7
Funding Raised · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 1993
$2.3Mraised
▾

Provider of curricula designed to educate teens on healthy life choices. The curricula aims to empower teens to make healthy decisions. It focuses on reducing unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. The curricula is available for middle school and high school students.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2008Grant (prize money)$1.2M
  • Aug 2007Grant (prize money)$1.2M
Investors
HHS
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font ApiIonosJoomlaJquery
#8
Seed · Alpharetta, Georgia · founded 2017 · 3 employees
$997Kraised
▾

Online platform for school fundraising, club, and organization support. It offers solutions for supporters to use their saved credit or debit card and round up the purchase amount. It offers solutions to collect recurring donations.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2020Seed$997K
Founders & team
Chris AllenCo-Founder & CEOMark GoodmanCo-Founder
#9
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2016 · 16 employees
$756.2Kraised
▾

Kloud-12 provides a classroom recording and sharing solution. It provides educators and school administration with recording and sharing solutions and has features like various camera views, on-demand access and recordings, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 451 LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -2 · hiring: Customer Success Coordinator
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Seed$756.2K
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCookie NoticeDivi
#10
Funding Raised · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2013
$1.1Mraised
▾

Zyrobotics is a robotics company developing smart toys and social robot coach to engage and empower children with disabilities and enhance their quality of life. The companies products includes Zumo Learning System which combines tablet apps and a wireless smart toy to create an engaged learning experience for kids. Also, they are developing Zyro, a personalized robot coach designed to be socially interactive with children as well as to address the educational and therapy needs of all individuals.

Funding rounds
  • May 2017Grant (prize money)$100K
  • Feb 2016Grant (prize money)$1M
Founders & team
Ayanna HowardFounder & CTOJohn HardingFounder
Investors
NewSchools Venture Fund, America’s Seed Fund, VentureLab, Backstage Capital, Arc Capital Development, Georgia Research Alliance
#11
Acqui-Hired · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2008 · 27 employees
$1.3Mraised
▾

Open Study provides social networking platform where students can ask their questions, give their help, and connect with other students studying the same things at the same time. Provides certification for the students who are more engaged in clarifying the peer's doubts. Supported by National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Georgia Research Alliance, Gates Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, and Learn Capital.

Funding rounds
  • 2008Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Preetha RamCo-Founder & CEOAshwin RamCo-FounderChris SpragueCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Learn Capital, NIH, Georgia Research Alliance, National Science Foundation
Tech stack
Cloudflare Browser InsightsHstsDatadomeCloudflare
#12
Seed · Atlanta, Georgia · founded 2022
$20Kraised
▾

SaaS-based platform to create alumni networks. It is a platform for university alumni officials to manage alumni engagement, fundraising, and more. It provides a social media platform available via the iOS App Store for students and alumni to engage and network across universities. It also provides solutions and tech services to support black colleges and universities, alumni, and students.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Seed$20K
Founders & team
Skania FlorestalFounder & CEO
Investors
Techstars

Funding & investor landscape

$149.9Mtotal disclosed funding
13companies funded
25disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Georgia Research Alliance4 rounds
HHS3 rounds
Arc Capital Development2 rounds
Techstars2 rounds
AT&T1 rounds
ATDC1 rounds
Accelerant Venture Capital1 rounds
America’s Seed Fund1 rounds
Apax1 rounds
BIP Capital1 rounds

Notable founders

Garrett Smiley
Co-Founder · Sora Schools
Stuart Zola
Co-Founder · MapHabit
Matt Golden
Co-Founder & CEO · MapHabit
Russell Long
Chief Executive Officer · Authentica Solutions
Kiran Kodithala
Founder & CEO · Illuminate
Chris Allen
Co-Founder & CEO · Changemaker
Mark Goodman
Co-Founder · Changemaker
Ayanna Howard
Founder & CTO · Zyrobotic
John Harding
Founder · Zyrobotic
Preetha Ram
Co-Founder & CEO · OpenStudy
Ashwin Ram
Co-Founder · OpenStudy
Skania Florestal
Founder & CEO · HBCUMADE
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,588,032 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of K-12 EdTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN GEORGIA · Consumer & Industrial

How research on Edtech in Georgia is moving

A read on the academic research around Edtech in Georgia — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 124 papers.

124 papers · stance +0.28 · 11% breakthrough · 35% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • Georgia Institute of Technology41
  • University of Georgia36
  • Georgia State University12
  • Georgia Southern University7
  • Georgia Gwinnett College5
leading researchers
Lucas Guarenti Zangari · Pedro Guillermo Feijóo-García · Gaurav · Ritu Kadyan · Thomas C. Reeves · Bo Pei
prism intelligence · tone & topics
97% positive · 3% critical tone
EducationBusinessArtificial IntelligenceComputer ScienceData ScienceMachine Learning
▲ Breakthroughs12 · 10%
▲ 0%→12% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→12% of field), led by Adaptability.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Adaptability4
  • Personalization4
  • Gesture4
  • Adaptation (eye)4
  • Adaptive learning4
Newly emergingAdaptability 0→4 · Personalization 0→4 · Gesture 0→4
Landmark VizGroup: An AI-assisted Event-driven System for Collaborative Programming Learning Analytics · 11 cites
◆ Advancements60 · 48%
▲ 33%→49% share
▲1.5× share momentum0 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (33%→49% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology1→9
  • Context (archaeology)1→4
  • Teaching method1→4
  • Learning analytics1→4
  • Pedagogy1→4
Newly emergingActive learning (machine learning) 0→5 · Experiential learning 0→4 · Transformative learning 0→4
Landmark On the Variance of the Adaptive Learning Rate and Beyond · 607 cites
▼ Concerns39 · 31%
▼ 58%→28% share
▼0.5× share momentum1 median citations74% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (58%→28% of field), led by Educational technology.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Educational technology4→12
  • Mathematics education1→5
  • Technology integration1→4
  • Blended learning1→3
  • Engineering ethics1→3
Newly emergingHigher education 0→4 · Workforce 0→3 · Pedagogy 0→3
Landmark Opportunities and challenges in developing deep learning models using electronic health records data: a systematic revie · 802 cites

Common questions

How many K-12 EdTech companies are there in Georgia, United States?
Radar tracks 83 indexable K-12 EdTech companies headquartered in Georgia, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by K-12 EdTech companies in Georgia, United States?
The K-12 EdTech companies in Georgia, United States on this list have raised a combined $149.9M in disclosed equity funding across 13 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in Georgia, United States?
Vanco Payment Solutions is the highest-funded K-12 EdTech company in Georgia, United States, with $87M in disclosed equity funding.
How many K-12 EdTech companies in Georgia, United States are funded?
13 of the 83 K-12 EdTech companies in Georgia, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many K-12 EdTech unicorns are there in Georgia, United States?
None of the K-12 EdTech companies in Georgia, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Georgia, United States K-12 EdTech companies?
The most active investors in Georgia, United States K-12 EdTech companies on this list include Georgia Research Alliance, HHS, Arc Capital Development, Techstars, AT&T.
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